Hey there Dantana fans :) Welcome to 25 days of Dantana! Like a story advent calendar, one chapter for each day leading up to Christmas :D I don't normally write in past tense or in third person so I'm sorry if it keeps going to present tense/first person but I hope you like it anyway! Please review :D

"I still think it's too early." Santana muttered under breath as she pulled her fluffy white coat tighter around her.

"Don't be silly San!" Dani laughed, taking her hand in hers as they walked through the aisles of Christmas trees. "Look at that one!" she pointed to a wide tree to their left.

Santana rolled her eyes at her girlfriend's enthusiasm but couldn't hold back her smile. It was the first of December and Dani had dragged her to the Christmas market to buy a tree for their New York City apartment. She'd moved in with Santana, Kurt and Rachel a few weeks ago and was determined to give them their best Christmas ever, starting with a tree to surprise the two NYADA students.

"No not that one; it's not big enough." Santana contradicted ,her eyes twinkling. "This one however is perfect."

Dani, thrilled at Santana joining in, let out a squeal of excitement.

"You're right! It's tall and wide, definitely that one!"

They informed the man standing by a makeshift wooden counter of their choice and he took their address and forty dollars, promising to drop the tree off later that afternoon. The two women then strolled down the street, when Dani notices a shop with ornaments and decorations in the window. Santana, seeing where her girlfriend was looking, shook her head.

"No. I'm cold, can't we go home?!" she said firmly. "It's all tacky and besides, we don't need decorations. " Dani backed away from her as if she'd just announced that she kills puppies for a hobby.

"Santana!" She exclaimed, surprised. "You can't have a tree, or Christmas in fact, without decorations!" She stared at the Latina with wide eyes. "You are such a Grinch!"

"I am not!" Retorted Santana. "Fine. We'll go in, but not for long."

A huge smile broke out on the blue haired girl's face and she skipped happily inside the shop, holding the door open for her grumpy companion.

An hour later, Dani had an armful of tinsel, baubles of every colour, lights and, of course, a sparkly star to go on the top. She took the items to the cashier who was wearing a red Santa hat with brown antlers attached to each side and a bored expression.

"That'll be ninety eight dollars please." She read in a dull tone, holding out her hand. Santana came up to Dani's side and nudged her.

"Are you serious? Almost one hundred dollars! Dani how can you afford this?!"

"I've been saving up." She replied, flashing Santana a smile. "I've always loved the idea of Christmas and it's my first one away from my parents, so I actually wanted to enjoy it for once. With them, it was just a 24 hour Church service and an orange , we never had anything as exciting as ornaments."

She hands over the money as Santana looks at her, shocked at what she'd just heard.

"Dani, I didn't…I'm sorry that must have been awful…here, let me pay." She offered.

"No, don't bother." Said Dani. "It's my treat. "When I got here in April, I decided that, this year, Christmas would be special, like the ones my friend's told me they had each year. Even if I was by myself, I wanted to have fun so I've been saving and saving."

The cashier, who'd been listening to their conversation, held out the six plastic bags holding Dani's purchases.

"Here."

"Thank you!" Dani smiled happily as she took them off her and stuffed the receipt into one of them.

"Here, pass me some of them." Said Santana, taking half of them and holding open the door. "We better get back before the tree's delivered!"

Dani grinned gratefully as she stepped outside before looking up to the sky. Santana joined her and they begun walking until Dani started to speak.

"I hope it'll snow this year." She stated with a shiver. "It's certainly cold enough, and I've never had a white Christmas."

"I'm sure it will." Her girlfriend replied. "It's New York, haven't you ever seen Home Alone 2?"

"What?" Dani asked, puzzled. "What's 'Home Alone'?"

Now it was Santana's turn to look to the other wide eyes.

"You've never? Wow. Home Alone is the Christmas movie. I watched it and its sequel every year with my family; the others are nowhere near as good but the first two… there's nothing better than Home Alone to get you feeling Christmassy."

Dani smiled sheepishly as they began climbing the stairs to their apartment.

"I wasn't really allowed to watch movies, especially in December. That was a time for carols and.." she wrinkled her nose. "Fruit."

Santana, despite not understanding Dani's fascination with the holiday, couldn't believe how she could have lived nineteen years without having a Christmas tree or watching Christmas movies. She unlocked their apartment door and dumped the bags on the floor. Dani, having followed her, did the same.

"Well Hummel and Berry finish at three then they're going to Rachel's 'Funny Girl' rehearsal, so we have about four hours for this Elf-esque transformation you insist on." Dani furrowed her brows in confusion once more.

"What's 'Elf'?" she asked helplessly, causing Santana to throw up her hands in disbelief.

"Gosh girl! Okay tomorrow neither of us are working so we'll be watching these movies back to back. All day. I cannot wait to give you an education in festive films!"

Just then, the doorbell rang and Dani opened the door to see the man from the market, holding their tree in his hand. She thanked him and took it inside, standing it up in the centre of the room as the man left.

"That sounds great San, but first you need to help me with Terry."

"Terry?" The amused dark skinned girl repeated. "You named the tree?!" She started laughing as she screwed the tree into its holder, then stood back to admire it. "Perfect. Now we have to separate the branches."

The two set to work and a few minutes later are finally happy with it.

"The decorations now Santana!" Dani called, hauling the bags closer to where they were standing. She started winding the lights around and around as Santana stood back, smiling at the sight in front of her. The shorter girl then plugged the lights into the socket and her face lit up as the tree twinkled.

"Beautiful babe." Santana told her, giving her a kiss. "Now the baubles."

"I need your help San…There's loads of them." Dani pleaded softly. "And you're taller than me…Please?"

"Sure." She agreed, taking a glittery pink one out of a bag. "Let's get to work."

An hour and a half later, the tree was completely decorated, minus the star, and Santana turned to her girlfriend.

"Are you gonna put the last one on?" She questioned.

"You do it." Dani smiled, holding it out. "I can't reach anyways!" A sly smirk crossed the other girl's face and without warning she lifted her up, causing her to squeal. "Santana!" She shrieked. "Put me down!"

"Not until you put the tree topper on!" Santana argued. "You better hurry, unless you wanna fall!"

Dani laughed and leaned forward to place the star on the very top branch. As she let go of it, she completely lost her balance and Santana's grip on her loosened. She tumbled to the floor beside her friend, giggling.

"Thanks San." She chuckled. "This is already the best Christmas ever." She leaned over and their lips collided, turning into a heated kiss.

"This is just the beginning babe." Santana murmured.

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